Paul Mero recently wrote an op-ed for the Salt Lake Tribune in which he highlights new research challenging many assumptions about how to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. One conclusion drawn from the report is that approaches to addressing...
A new report sheds interesting light on children in intergenerational poverty and their families. Here are the key...
Utah’s Intergenerational Welfare Reform Commission has provided its latest update on intergenerational poverty in Utah. Learn more about it here.
Over the past six years, Utah has made progress addressing intergenerational poverty. The progress is not being made...
From September 2016 to June 2017, thirteen Utah counties were selected by Utah’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS) to develop local strategic plans to address high rates of intergenerational...
Next Generation Freedom Fund teamed with Heart & Mind Strategies to survey Utahns about their understanding of poverty in Utah, especially intergenerational poverty. Findings reveal that Utahns...
Under the leadership of Utah’s Lieutenant Governor, leaders in 11 rural counties and two urban counties were engaged to develop local plans that align with the Commission’s goals to reduce IGP among...
Trauma has been garnering more and more attention over the past few years, with the rampant climb of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the understanding of what can cause it. Intergenerational...
Key findings in the 2016 annual report include struggles in early childhood development, lack of children’s health care, childhood homelessness and juvenile justice system involvement. The report...
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) have introduced the Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act pushing the federal government to collaborate and innovate with states on...
Utah communities impacted by intergenerational poverty are increasingly utilizing the data contained in these annual reports. These communities are attaining greater understanding of the educational...
The most significant development in the 2014 report is the inclusion of data from the other four agencies providing services to children and their families: Department of Health (DOH), Department of...
These findings and other work from the Committee and Commission suggest that more research should be done in the realm of mental health events and the differences in outcomes of early childhood...
Access to interstate public assistance data, exchanges of information with private non-profits and faith-based organizations, and collaboration between Utah state agencies to match public assistance...
This comprehensive plan provides a roadmap for addressing intergenerational poverty. The roadmap provides the structure necessary to maintain focus and develop the goals necessary to allow all...
In 2012, the Utah Legislature adopted the Intergenerational Poverty Mitigation Act. This Act created the Intergenerational Welfare Reform Commission, requiring the Department of Workforce Service to...
Families experiencing intergenerational poverty have more sporadic employment, earn wages insufficient to meet basic needs of their children, lack access to healthcare, and lag significantly behind...
The results suggest that reductions in poverty and in inequality in the parents’ generation reduce poverty and inequality in the children’s generation some, but not much. Read more.
Paul Mero, president and CEO of Next Generation Freedom Fund, wrote an op-ed in the Deseret News explaining that trusted conservatives in Utah need to seek to influence debate in providing a new...
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